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Date:      Fri, 14 Nov 2003 08:33:57 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>
Subject:   Ultra5 ATA issues
Message-ID:  <20031114082659.H91086@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <xzpekwb5aqs.fsf@dwp.des.no>
References:  <200311132234.hADMYX4L053691@grimreaper.grondar.org> <20031113155717.S82404@carver.gumbysoft.com> <xzpllqj73kh.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20031114132636.GB5773@FreeBSD.org> <xzpekwb5aqs.fsf@dwp.des.no>

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Move to -current and drop wilko.

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Dag-Erling [iso-8859-1] Sm=F8rgrav wrote:

> Jesper Skriver <jesper@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 09:32:46AM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:
> > > Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> writes:
> > > > Good! Maybe you can fix -current on them :)
> > > Uh?  -CURRENT runs just fine on my U5.
> > Do you use the default ATA controller and drive ?
>
> On-board ATA controller, but a different drive (the original was only
> two or three gig or so).  Works fine in PIO4 if you disable DMA at
> boot.  ISTR 5.1-RELEASE tried to use DMA, failed, and fell back to
> PIO4, while atang hangs when DMA fails, so I've disabled it in
> loader.conf.  I believe this has been discussed on the -sparc64 list;
> see the archives for details.

I replaced the default seagate with a Maxtor, but I don't have to demote
to PIO on 5.1-REL.  I'll try disabling DMA on it today.  i'm also trying
to iterate ata-lowlevel.c to see if I can find a specific break point.  45
minute kernel compiles don't help. :(

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